It seems there’s more people who enjoy gramatically dubious posts about obscure indie games than you might think. Enough people have mentioned our name for us to be shortlisted in this year’s Games Media Awards, leaving us basking in the adulation of literally dozens.

Up for Best Games Website (which seems fitting), the winners will now be voted for by sending an email to MCV. To this address. We just happen to mention. The full list of nominees are on MCV’s site, all welcoming votes. Congrats to all the journalists nominated, and Tom Bramwell. And big thanks to those who nominated us, you sweeties.

I feel bemused that you crazy bath types seemingly call yourselves Team Awesome as a collective… which is the moniker that my group of gaming fellows goes by when mocking those more clanned than ourselves.

Considering how much we mock clanned types, I think we should probably view it as somewhat ironic – as we’re very clan-esque ourselves.

I think the popularity RPS has found stems from how most British gamers probably feel about reading American news sites. To paraphrase a certain zombie related to a certain middle-Englandian werewolf; they’re boring, RPS!

I have no idea why I require my news to be presented in a dry and witty fashion, but I do. Even if you were rabidly obsessed with the C64 and little else, I’d most likely still only read RPS as my primary source of–ahem–current gaming news. Thankfully howver, you’re not.

At the moment, I’m sure you have quite the rapt audience of clever-news-starved people, use that wisely!

Yes, Edge don’t print bylines. It’s an industry magazine though, so many of the people who were voting for the shortlist would be people who’d dealt with Alex during the year, so would be aware of what he wrote. Or it could be journo-peers, who tend to know what’s going on.

I’ve been reading RPS devotedly since being introduced to it a few months back. Best game writing on the net and perhaps the only place that pays proper attention to the obscure Russian curios I crave! Therefore, getting my vote.

Voted! I wanted to lie and pretend like I didn’t vote for you guys, thus making a great joke when it was finally revealed that I did… but realised that might get a bit lost in translation. It’s the thought that counts, right?

I think the Guardian is far and away the best. The Telegraph have just launched games coverage on their site a couple of weeks ago – met the guy who’s doing it the other day and seems a good sort. But no one treats it as seriously as the Grauniad.

Congratulations gents. I’m not sure if you’re aware but for a good while Valve had you listed on their Steam advert for TF2 for a while. International fame, right? Right?

I’ll stick a vote in for you.

Also, John: do I hear a hint of Private Eye? I wouldn’t have thought that it were possible for RPS members to have gone up in my estimation but once again you become more brilliant. Is there a knack to it or what?

It was calling it “The Grauniad” that I recognised. And there was me thinking that you were a reader – the fact that you write for it is somewhere north of wow :D

To be fair I haven’t read it much recently (save for yesterday) as I haven’t been taking the train to Edinburgh so much recently. But rest assured, when I go back to Uni I’ll be making regular trips with washing, which is good news for you as my preferred reading material is PC Gamer Private Eye goodness (gets some funny looks that).

Also, having seen the Guardian’s gaming pull-out, I was pretty impressed myself. They do seem to be making an effort. I’ve even StumbledUpon a few of their online articles.